Job Description:

JOB PURPOSE:

The primary role of PSS Counsellors is to provide mental health and psychosocial support services at designated health centres. Their responsibilities include offering psychosocial support and psychological first aid to trauma survivors, assisting individuals affected by natural disasters, conducting psychological trauma assessments, and referring patients to appropriate trauma care. Additionally, they engage in individual counselling and group counselling, promote community awareness,

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

Contribute to the development of and reviewing the resource materials on PSS based on the needs of children, youths and adolescents.

Prepare lesson plans for individual and group counseling sessions.

Conduct intake and post-session assessments for all PSS beneficiaries.

Assessing and identification of beneficiaries for psychosocial support.

Conduct psychosocial counselling sessions to children, adolescents and youths in groups and individually and if needed with their families.

Follow up with children, youth and adolescents provided with psychosocial counseling and support.

Ensure timely referral and follow-up of cases in need of further support to other service providers.

Maintain regular follow up with the project team and provide them with technical support and advice when needed.

Proactively participate in professional development activities with strong commitment of learning knowledge and skills

Support outreach workers to identify children and their families to be part of health facility centre

Maintain daily counselling schedule with Health Shura.

Provide PSS trainings to staff to support their own well-being, i.e. stress management

Liaise with outreach workers on health facility follow up in the field

Follow up standard methods for helping children and their parents

Draft a case plan based on the identified mental health issue and closely monitor and document the psychological recovery of cases.

Ensure all cases have clear mental well-being outcomes outlined in the case plan, with progress tracked regularly.

Produce and maintain accurate clinical records of the beneficiaries.

Case files and technical reports must be archived in a locked and secure location; access to them should be restricted only to relevant, authorized protection program staff.

Provide the supervisor with bi-weekly and monthly reports on the activities conducted.

Any other duties assigned by Project Manager/Health Assistant.

Other

Adhere to WV Child and Adult Safeguarding policy and standards.

Adhere to WV accountability standards.

To be aware and prepared to implement WV Afghanistan Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs plan under the context of (AHF) interventions.

Job Requirements:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE:

At least one year working in BPHS/EPHS or equivalent clinics as PSS counsellor.

Required Education,raining, license,egistration, and certification.

Graduated from psychology program .

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Ability to do the triage methods

Communication skills and knowledge of local communities.

Language’s empowerment (Dari – Pashto)

Flexibility for work.

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations

Ability to travel within the work environment (Chesht and Guzara) districts of Herat province.

Submission Guideline:

The application closing date is 12-June-2025. Please submit your resume and one-page cover letter outlining how you meet the job requirements by emailing: wvafg_recruitment@wvi.org

Please write on the subject of your Email the Vacancy Number (WVA1767) also avoid sending an attachment of big size (above 1024 KB) if you want your application/CV to be considered.

.را در عنوان ایمیل خود ذکر کنید (WVA1767) لطفا کد اعلان کاری

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for a written test and interview.

Applications with insufficient, incomplete, and inconsistent information to make a determination will not be considered.

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 site and share it with your posts. No translation to the local language or editing of the vacancy is permitted.

Note: "Local candidates from Herat are highly appreciated to apply."

Submission Email: 

wvafg_recruitment@wvi.org

Submission Email:

wvafg_recruitment@wvi.org